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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ronald Ray Trimble, Acton, MA (US);
Jeffrey V. Tofano, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas R. Ramsdell, San Jose, CA (US);
Jon Christopher Kennedy, Marlborough, MA (US);
HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a data storage system is provided. The data storage system includes memory, at least one processor in data communication with the memory, and a deduplication director component executable by the at least one processor. The deduplication director component is configured to receive data for storage on the data storage system, analyze the data to determine whether the data is suitable for at least one of summary-based deduplication, content-based deduplication, and no deduplication, and store, in a common object store, at least one of the data and a reference to duplicate data stored in the common object store.